Flynt claims to have nude photos of Lynch

Posted: Wednesday, November 12, 2003

The Associated Press

NEW YORK - Pornographer Larry Flynt says he bought nude photos of Pfc. Jessica Lynch to publish in Hustler magazine but changed his mind because she's a "good kid" who became "a pawn for the government."

Flynt told The Associated Press on Tuesday that he bought the photos last month from the men who purportedly participated in the amateur shoot with the Army supply clerk. The soldiers "wanted to let it be known that she's not all apple pie," Flynt said.

"My first intention was to publish them, but I don't think it was the best, positive move I could make," Flynt said in a telephone interview. "She's very much a pawn for the government. They force-fed us a Joan of Arc."

In an interview with the AP on Tuesday, Lynch declined to comment on the matter, including whether such photos exist.

Her attorney, Stephen Goodwin, said Lynch had never claimed to be a hero, saving that description for her rescuers.